The making of urban Japan : cities and planning from Edo to the twenty-first century
"Japanese cities are astonishing phenomenas but we have had to wait a long time for a thorough, comprehensive and critical analysis of them written in English. Now we have 'The making of urban Japan'. By providing a cogent and readable account of Japanese urbanisation and planning, this book will become indispensable reading for anyone interested in the evolution of urban society in the modern world."--Prof. Martin Brennan
History
xiii, 386 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
9780415226516, 9780415354226, 0415226511, 0415354226
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The legacy of the Tokugawa period
The Meiji period : establishing modern traditions
Taishō period urbanisation and the development of the 1919 planning system
Japan's first urban planning system
Post-war reconstruction and rapid economic growth
Environmental crisis and the new city planning system of 1968
Implementing the new city planning system
From planning deregulation to the bubble economy
The era of local rights : master plans, machizukuri and historical preservation
Japanese urbanisation and planning